self-talk

Fuel up with positive self-talk every day.

CAREGIVER NOTE:

Frustrations with memory loss add up to lots of despair and frustrations. It’s so important to find the positives throughout the day. What’s going right in this moment. Try not to lose sight of that — for yourself as the caregiver and for the person you’re caring for. We had a short conversation yesterday doing just that and it was wonderful to hear his own realizations of how well he was doing and that he was happy despite the fact that his brain wasn’t cooperating like he wanted it to be when trying to resolve a problem he was experiencing. Grateful for his ability to verbalize and find some positives in the moment. This allowed him to reframe the situation on his own and move on, at least for the rest of the afternoon. I’m sure we’ll revisit things again today.

some things are worth repeating

Look in, look up, look out.  Discover the best that is you.

CAREGIVER NOTE:
Reframing is often a good way to move things along. Change the options available when possible and let the decision move forward towards the desired outcome. An interesting discussion last evening about meeting new people left things a little more open this go round because the decision of when to take the next step become his alone. He seems more open to the prospect of meeting and making friends again.

soar

Is today your day to let things go and soar? 

CAREGIVER NOTES:

Grateful, he’s not fussing about taking his meds. A few of his meds were changed during his most recent visit with the doctor and hopefully, he’ll continue to take them willingly. He has quite a number of pills to take both morning and night.